Now the Met Office can predict a big freeze a YEAR ahead after unlocking the mysteries of a weather system that control's Britain's climate

It has made heavy weather of its predictions in the past – failing to warn us about the Big Freeze of 2009.
But the Met Office says it can now forecast our winter weather a year in advance after unlocking the mysteries of a weather system that controls our climate.
British winters are notoriously unpredictable, driven by chaotic meteorological processes that follow few patterns.
Met Office scientists had thought it impossible to forecast the phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which drives the winter weather in Europe and North America.
But they now believe they can forecast... read more

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